Erastus Bingham's cabin, previously located in the Bingham Fort, is now at the Pioneer Village at Lagoon, in Farmington, UT. Although the cabin is gone, remains of an old barn, or perhaps cabin, can be seen near the former site. Weber Sentinel, October 27 - November 2, 1998 Bingham's Fort Continued- wall was approximately 110 feet east of what is now Wall Avenue, and the west wall was approximately 1,870 feet west of Wall Avenue. Each family was assigned a section of the wall to build. A nine foot fortress mud wall was also built around a large mound located between present day 9th and 12th Streets on the west side of Washington Boulevard, about the same time as Bingham's Fort. Known as Mound Fort, the mound was cut back to create an unattainable anchor wall against their enemies, surrounded by the nine-foot mud wall. The mound was previously an Indian burial mound, which didn't seem to bother the settlers. Polygamy was then practiced in Weber County by Mormon settlers for half a century. Only 20% of the adults had plural unions. Two-thirds of these adults had only two wives while the other third had more than two wives. Mormon authorities were the ones who usually had more than two wives. John Marriott was the residing elder of the organized branch of the Mormon Church in 1856. Marriott himself had four wives. North of the Ogden River, expansion communities were created to balance the overwhelming population growth around Bingham's Fort. John Marriott went west from Mound Fort in 1855 becoming the first permanent settler 483